Rail joint and fastener.



No. 996,549. PATNNTED AUG. 18, 1908.

'1. JOHNSON. RAIL JOINT AND 'PASTENNN AHLIUATION FILED NOV. 27, 1907.

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AIRYIN JOHNSON, OF PRRYOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NELSON R. l

' l MARTIN, OF PERRYOPOLIS, PENNSYLVANIA..

RAIL JOINT AND FASTENER.

" No.'8`96',549. j l Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 18, 1908.V

' Appiiction mea November 2v, i907. 'serial 116.404,129.

T o all whom it concern.' i with a plurality of de ending rongs 10 foi' Be it known that I, IRVIN JOHNSON, a citiengaging 1n a tie or s eepei. esides these Zen of the United States of America, residing prongs .the plate upon the splice bai' side at Perryopolis, in 'the county of Fayette and thereof is provided with notches 11 for spikes,

j 5 State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain and adjacent tothe tongue-way 8 are elon.- 60

Inew and useful Improvements in Rail Joints gated openings .or slots 12 for spikes.

and Fasteners, of which the following is a In connection with the seat or chairfI use a specification, reference being had therein to detachable splice bai' 14,` this splicebar havt e accompanyingldrawing. inga tapering tongue ada tedtoengagein l@ This invention' relatestof rail joints and thetongue-way 8. The sp ice bar also has '65" fasteners, and the rimary object 'of the inan overbanging edge 16 for protecting Ithe vention is to provi( ea novel seat or chair for flange 7, and spike openings 17 ada ted 'to the. confronting endsr of two rails.l j A register with the spike o lenings lor s ots 12. Another object of this invention is the pro- After the detachable sp ice bar 14 has been 15 visionof positive and reliable means for placed in position to fir'nily brace the heads 70 v firmly retaining theconfroiiting ends ofltwo of the rails 6 and retain 'said rails upon the rails upon a seat or chair. L" seat or chair, spikes are driventlirough -the Avfurther object of this invention is to pro- I vopenings v17` to hold the'detachable splice bar vide a connectionfor rails thatl will prevent in position, These spikes, which I have 2o lateral and vertical displacement of the same. I deemed it unnecessary to illustrate, also as- 75 A still further object of this invention isto sist in retaining the seatfor chair position provide a simple and inexpensive rail conupon a tie or sleeper, and in conjunction with nection that will freely yallow the expansion t,the'depending rong 16, are adapted to preand contraction of said rails. vent a late'ra isplaceinent' of said chair or l `A still further object of vhis invention is to seat with relation to its support. In some 80 provide a rail Jfastener lthat can be easily and,` linstances the depending prongs can be dis.- quickly assembled for holding 4the confrontpensed with. ving ends of two rails, the fastener-being free I desire to callparticular attention to Vcerfrom danger of injury by rolling stock travt'ainfnovel features embodied in my rail joint, 3o eling over the rails held by said fastener. first, the pins designated 3 can bel dispensed 85 With these and other objects in view which with atany desired time, articularly in case will more readily'ap ear as the linventioni'sV 'of a broken rail; secon in providing the better understood, t e same consists in the plate 1 for sup orting the con'rontimr ends novel construction, combination and arof two rails, I dispense with the use of wires rangement of parts tobe presently described or electrical lconductors between the ends of 90 and then speciiically pointed out in the aprails, the plate insuring apositive electrical pended claims. connection; third, the elon ated openings or .In the drawings: Figure 1 is a cross secslots 12 a1low the detachab e splice bar 14 to tional view of my joint, Fig. 2 is a 1an of the be adjusted at any desired time with relation l40 detachable splice bar, Fig. Sis ane evation of to the plate 1, it only being .necessary to 95 the same, Fig. 4 is a plan of the rail seat or withdraw the spikes, drive the splice bar 14 chair, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the same, inward, and then re-drive the `spikes to repartly broken away. tain said splice bar in'its newly adjusted po- To put my invention into practice, I conv sition.' struct a rail seat or chair comprising aplate 1 I do not care to confine myself to the use 100 having an integrals lice bar 2, provided with of the chair or seat in connection with detachable pins 8, or engaging in the ordiwooden ties or sleepers, as bolts and nuts or narybolt openings 4 formed in the webs 5 of similar fasteners (not shown) can be used in i rails 6. The pins v3 are mounted in 'suitable lieu of s ikes for securing the chair or scattov 5o sockets 3a provided therefor in the splice a metal 1c tie. I 10%' bar 2. The'plate 1 upon its opposite edge is The novel construction of my fastener` provided wit i a tapering flange 7, providing ,does not necessitate the changing of the pres-- a taperington ue-Way 8, this tongue-Way," :ent type of rails, as the ordinary bolt openbeing partially ormedin the plate 1, as indiin s'can be used to receive the pins 3 or the cated fat 9. The plate l is also providedsp 'ce bar 2. This splice bar 1s preferably 110 sol used on the outer side of the rail, to revent a track from spreading and to brace t e rails upon curves. 4

I-Iaving nowdescribed my invention what I claim as new, is z l 1. In a rail joint, the combination With 'rails having o enings formed in the webs thereof, of a c air comprisimy a supporting plate for the base of t e rail, a splice bar formed integral with the plate and overlapping one side of the base of the rail and engaglng the head of the rail7 the uplper ortion of the splice bar beveled inwar y w ereby the outer u per edge oi' the s lice bar will be flush with t e side of the hea of the rail said splice bar free of the edge of said side of the base which it overla s, a plurality of pins carried by said splice ar and adapted to extend in the o enings of said webs, a tapering flange formed) on one side of the plate, that portion of the plate adjacent to said flange cut away to provide in connection with the lange a tapering tongue-way, said tongueway arranged at a point removed from the sideedge of the base'of the rail, a detachable splice bar engaging the head of the rail and havingits outer face at the top beveled inwardly whereby the outer edge of said splice bar will be Hush with the side of the head of tom whereby the body portion o the splice bars are revented from engaging with the tread of t e rail.

2. In a rail joint, the combination with rails having o enings formed in the webs thereof, of a c air com risin a supporting late for the base of t e rai a splice bar ormed integral with the plate and overlapping one side of the base of the rail and engaglng the head of the rail, the up er ortlon of the splice bar beveled inwar l1; W ereby the Outer u per edge of the s lice bar will be flush with tlie side of the hea of the rail said splice bar free of the edge of said side of the base which it overla s, a plurality of pins carried by said splice ar and adapted to extend in the openings of said webs, a tapering flange formed on one side of the plate, that portion of the plate adjacent to said flange cut away to provide in connection with the flange a tapering tongue-wayI said tongueway arranged ata polnt removed from the side edge of the base of the rail, a detachable splice bar engaging the head of the'rail and having its outer face at the top beveled inwardly whereby the outer edge of said splice bar will be flush with the side of the head of the rail, said detachable splice bar having a tongue. adapted to enga e in said tongueway, `said tongue free ocontact with the base of the rail, said detachable splice bar further provided with an outer depending portion which projects from and 1ncloscs that end of the plate provided with the flange, and means for securing said detachable splice bar in a fixed position with rela- 

